Best Atlanta hospital to work for?

[rynnrn]

I'm planning on moving to the Atlanta area next May to live closer to family & am wondering which hospital system is best to work for. I am working in the OR at a Level I trauma center/large teaching hospital for almost 8 years now, mostly in Orthopaedics & Neuro. I can scrub & circulate almost every specialty but my heart is with ortho trauma & total joints.

My my main concerns are good pay, efficiency of the support services (which is a joke at my current hospital), competent managers, support for nurses, & decent call schedule.

Any input would be great! I'm obviously starting my research early.

Thanks!!

[core0]

I'm planning on moving to the Atlanta area next May to live closer to family & am wondering which hospital system is best to work for. I am working in the OR at a Level I trauma center/large teaching hospital for almost 8 years now, mostly in Orthopaedics & Neuro. I can scrub & circulate almost every specialty but my heart is with ortho trauma & total joints.

My my main concerns are good pay, efficiency of the support services (which is a joke at my current hospital), competent managers, support for nurses, & decent call schedule.

Any input would be great! I'm obviously starting my research early.

Thanks!!

You probably need to figure out where you are going to live first. Atlanta traffic is no joke.

If you want to do trauma there are two choices for level 1 Grady and Atlanta Medical Center. Grady also has the burn unit and is a nationally recognized trauma center. AMC is kind of like Grady without support from Atlanta (has trouble keeping its level 1 status). Both are downtown within a couple of miles of each other.

There are three level two trauma centers all in the northern suburbs. Gwinnett is to the northeast, North Fulton is north and Kennestone is north west. All have relatively good reputations.

Outside of the trauma centers there are another 15 or so hospitals. They are three bigger systems and then a number of independent hospitals. One issue is do you want to work in an academic center or not. Emory has three teaching hospitals Emory Main, Midtown and Saint Josephs. You have decreasing resident involvement as you move farther down the list (midtown and Saint Josephs are academic community hybrids). Piedmont is the other bigger player and has a main hospital with a number of smaller community hospitals (some residents at the main hospital). Gwinnett has residents but also a community hospital.

Based on what I've heard there don't seem to be a lot of differences between the hospitals outside of population and patient load.

[rynnrn]

Thanks!!